The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-06-03
MISCELLANEOUS.


-"They never throw any thing away
IN New England T. b. Aldrich said to
me one day; "they always put it up in
the attic n-St. Nicholas.
What, asked Too2er, edo YOU
think Of Il man who owed his tailor
bin for yearsg' "Who is the tailors
Quiekr'-R Rttsbargh Dispatch.
"A Missouri sheriff went home In
disguise in the evening To see IL his wife
would scare. She fired three shots NJ
him so promptly that he dropped his
experiment and began looking for the
end of one of his fingers. Detroit Free
Press.
Deer IN the far West are fast going
the way of the buffalo. One dealer in
Jacksonville. Ore. in two months
bought thirteen hundred deer skins, and
other dealers in Southern Oregon have
bought as many. These were all killed
for their skins only. contrary to law.
About five hundred workmen are
employed at Berlin IN the production
Of shoe rosettes. The sale amounts TO
about one million yearly. and the no
settles are exported 10 all the European
countries and North and South Amer.
lea.
A devil fish with seven arms, eacl
nom nine TO thirteen feet in length, was
lately washed ashore at the Oregon
coast, having perhaps died of old age
Those who examined the body were of
the opinion that he could have easily
handled three men in shallow water.
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-BrooSlgps Citizen.
Natural gas is by no means recent
discovery. Even its utilization for the
purposes Of the mechanic arts was long
ago successfully attempted in China,
where. by pipes Of bamboo, it was con-
veyed from natural wells 10 suitable
furnaces. and consumed by means of
terra Gotta burners
Very few hotels now keep old reg
listers. They are either burned, dis
posed of to autograph collectors, or
sold for waste paper. The trouble
hotels have become involved in. and the
unenyiable prominence some got
through registers in court, is the reason
for this action ON the part of proprie-
tors.-N L. Herald
A party OF Young ladies were in the
city recently who are taking trip to
Washington ON the savings made by
eschewing expensive dresses ON class
day at their college. The custom not
only enables them to see .he world, but
viii make them a preferred class of
candidates for matrimony.-Fi Fitts5urgh
commercial Gazette.
Profound philosophy is sometimes
met with in unexpected places. A poor
old man who was engaged in out-of- !
door labor that evidently paid but a |
pitiful return for many weary hours of |
ardRous work, was overheard TO remark |
feelinglx to fellow-laborer: II wish |
could live two lives, and have the last
one first. - Prorifeaes Journal
The town of Weathcrstield. n. Y
has a freak in the person of young |
girl. the daughter Of a farmer. who, |
without any previous training. has de- |
veloped a decided talent for literature |
and music. A few days ago she rose |
from sick bed and wrote book which /
Is said to he interesting, and since then
she has composed several pieces for the /
piano. Her gift comes from an infi,,-
ence outside of her." she SAYS.
A careful compiler of statisucs l
states that there are in New York only
five hundred places of worship. one
fifth being mission ehapels. Their to-
tai seating capacity is not more than
three hundred and fifty thousand. The
number Of men in the city between
eighteen and forty-iive years Of age, ac-
eorling to the most reliable informa-
ton, is 35S. l07.